A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 112 km NNW of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina (70 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 231.85 km (144 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/01/17 / 2017-01-24 20:22:12 / January 24, 2017 @ 8:22 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -66.8209 West, latitude -23.3102 South, depth = 231.85 km. The temblor was reported at 17:22:12 / 5:22 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us10007v92. Unique identifier: us10007v92. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days eighty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 112 km NNW of San Antonio de los Cobres, Argentina.
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